Artists News n°33

• Annie Drury

Annie Drury has an official video for her new single "Someday". This song will be on her upcoming EP which should be out soon.

•  Caroline Savoie

Caroline Savoie did a cover of "What I wouldn't do" by Serena Ryder with her friend Veronique Bilodeau.

• Casey Hurt

Casey Hurt recorded an acoustic video for his song "Prodigal Son", which figures on his last album.

• Danni Rosner

Danni Rosner has a new song called "Hitchhiker". You can buy this song on itunes. Moreover, she is running a kickstarter campaign, click here if you want to help her.

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard has shared a very touching new song called "If I were Crazy". You can find this song on her new album "Doors". Reminder : if you live in Denmark or Germany, Ida will be on tour in your countries in october.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan shared a new song, "There's Still Hope", on soundcloud. Jc wrote this beautiful song for all the families who have either lost their home or are facing the tough reality of losing their home.

• Laura Esther

Laura Esther has now a new soundcloud channel. You can find her here. Give a listen to her last song "Lost".

• Nathan Reich

Nathan Reich has a new song "Paramedics (Murder Ballad)". You can find his last album "All Night Pharmacy" on bandcamp.

• Sonali

Sonali did a cover of "A Beautiful Life" by Avan Jogia.

Artists news n°24

• Green River Ordinance

Green River Ordinance did a video of an acoutsic perfomance of one of their new song "She Is In The Air". This song features on their new EP "Chasing Down The Wind" is now available on itunes. 

• Hillary Reynolds Band

The Hillary Reynolds Band has a new single "Crossing The Line" which is available on itunes. Here's the official video for that song below :

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan has now an official video for his song "Sweet Time". It was filmed in Lyon, France in April 2013 during his European Tour and directed by Julien Radix.

• Jody Brock

Jody Brock has released a new single called "Stormy Weather" June 26th, 2013. This song is available on itunes.

• Sarah and The Adams

Sarah and The Adams performed their song "Bridges" in a park.

Artists Newsn°18 : Anna Johnson, Annie Drury, Danni Rosner, David Ramirez, Jc Villafan, Jenni Alpert & Rebecca Perl

Hey folks,

I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. My job doesn't let me a lot of time for blogging ... I'll write about new artists soon. Meanwhile, here's some new song by artists you already know.

• Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson and her sister Julia are back with a new Living Room Sessions. This time Anna has covered the song "Feels Like Home" by Chantal Kreviazuk. 

• Annie Drury

Another video from Annie's session for Ont'Sofa.She did a cover of "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

• Danni Rosner

Danni Rosner made an official video for her song "Didn't Mean It That Way". This song is available on itunes.

• David Ramirez

David Ramirez has a new EP, called "The Rooster", which should be out May 7th. Meanwhile, you can listen to one of the songs from this EP :  "The Forgiven".

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan is still on tour in France. If you live in France and want to see him performing, here's the place where  you can find him :

- April, 11th - B-SPOT - 24 avenue Marechal Foch - Nice - 20h30
- April, 22nd - LES CARIATIDES - 3 rue de Palestro - Paris - 20h30 // We Love Jam
- April, 26th - LE CIRCUS - 13 rue Henri Kolb - Lille - 21h30

Jc has also wrote a new beautiful song called "Romance".

• Jenni Alpert

Jenni Alpert wrote a new song with Millie Hansen. This new song is "Carry Me".

• Rebecca Perl

Rebecca Perl has a new song "Rendezvous". This song will be on her upcoming debut album, which should be out April 27th.

Artists news n°16 : Anna Johnson, Annie Drury, Holly Drummond, Jc Villafan & Patrick Joseph

• Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson has posted the 12th song of her "Living Room Sessions". This song is "Getting Over You" from her "Winding Road" album. Anna wrote few words about the story of that song ""Getting Over You" is a song I wrote when I had a crush on David (my husband), but didn't know if he liked me back ; ). HA! We had been friends quite awhile, and he's very quiet and subdued, so I couldn't tell what he thought. It's an ironic song now, as we're married and have a little one on the way, but it's still a lot of fun to perform."

• Annie Drury

Annie Drury played a few songs for the Ont'Sofa Gibson Sessions. The first song of this series, "We are The Lucky Ones" is already online.

• Holly Drummond

Holly Drummond has covered a new song, "Youth" by Daugther.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan is still on tour in England and will come in France soon. Check out the dates below :

Lately he sang the song "Let Me Love You" by Ne-Yo for the Reload Session.

• Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph is back with four brand-new tracks in "Foot In The Door EP",  that make up the EP release teaser for his upcoming full length album 'Moon King,' due out later this year.

This EP is available for free on noisetrade.

Artists News n°12 : Special upcoming albums and tour !

Hi everybody,

last week I told you about Wayward Daughter, who are raising money for their new EP and Ida Gard's tour in Denmark. Other artists are going on tour on this 1st quarter on 2013 and lots of new albums should be out soon.

• Caroline Savoie

Caroline Savoie has prepared her second EP, which will be in french. This EP is expected for spring 2013. Meanwhile you can listen to the first single "Je pense à toi" on East Coast Music website : http://www.ecma.com/discover/artist/caroline-savoie

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan will be touring in Europe from February to September and in France during march/april. If you want him to come in your venue contact Charlotte Gomes at  info@charlottegomes.com

• Lelia Broussard, Bess Rogers and Hannah Winkler

Lelia Broussard, Bess Rogers and Hannah Winkler are doing a House Concert Tour in the west coast of the USA from February 8 to February 17.

Go on Lelia's website for more informations.

To give you an example of what kind of song you could hear, here's a live version of "Into the waves" by Bess Rogers, one of my favorite song from her last album "Out of  the Ocean".

• My Anchor Holds

My Anchor Holds has released a new EP of 6 songs called "Dirty Jesus". The Ep is available on itunes.

• Penny Police

Penny Police's new EP "Sink or Sail" will be out March, 18.

The first single of this EP "Run For Your Life" is already available on itunes.

You can also listen to that song on spotify.

• Penny Rae

You can help the band Penny Rae to release their debut EP by pledging for their kickstarter project.

Artists news n°9 : Ida Gard, Jc Villafan, Jessi Robertson, Meiko and The New Limb

• Ida Gard

Ida Gard will be on tour in Denmark in february. If you live there, go to see this amazing artist and you may also have the chance to hear some of her new songs.

• Jc Villafan

There are many news concerning Jc Villafan these days....

-> First of all, Jc has been nominated for Best EP of 2012, with "Sweet Time",  by the LA Music Critic Awards,

-> Then, you can help Jc Villafan to perform at the Grammy's. For that, click here and vote ! You can vote up to 10 times a day.

-> Finally, for all his European fans, Jc will be back from February to September in UK, in France and probably in Belgium and Norway as well.

• Jessi Robertson

Free Williamsburg posted the live video of "You Don't Want to Taste My Heart" courtesy of blaqbook magazine

Jessi Robertson will also be live on "ReW and WhO" January 18 at 5:45 pm. Here's the link if you want to watch the show http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rew-who

• Meiko

Meiko wrote the song "Happy Being Alone" as an entry for Perez Hilton's "write Taylor Swift's next song" competition.

• The New Limb

Few days ago, I have presented you the band "The New Limb". They have a new great song "Blood Lust".

"Joey Chavez reveals that "This is a song about having an intense lust for goodness—like if James Dean had done what Mother Theresa did instead of acting, it would have been cool and sexy as well as beautiful." Led by sparkling synth, airy harmonies, and pop-leaning melodies, the tune's good vibrations echo in both its message and instrumentation, delivering a truly vibrant new track."

Artists news n°5 : Andrea Hamilton, Jc Villafan, Jenni Alpert, Mali Korsten, Paul Federici

• Andrea Hamilton

Andrea Hamilton has covered Rhianna's song "We Found Love".

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan performed his song "My Friend" for Ont' Sofa Gibson Sessions.

• Jenni Alpert

Jenni Alpert has posted 2 videos on youtube live in Holland of 2 songs from her last album "Take It All".

Jenni Alpert - "Listen To Your Heart"

Jenni Alpert - "Real Thing"

• Mali Korsten

Guitar players and fans of Mali Korsten, you can now learn how to play her beautiful song "Lead Me Home" thanks to the tutorial Mali has made.

• Paul Federici

Paul Federici has released an official video for his song "Without You".

Artists news n°3 : Because Of Lily, Ida Gard, Jc Villafan & Perry O'Parson

• Because Of Lily 

Because Of Lily has recorded a video live at Kayz's home for a new song called "No Where To Go".

• Ida Gard

New Yorkers, Ida Gard is in your city. She has a 25 minutes solo showcase  planned @ Sidewalk at 21:00 (EST) :

Sidewalk

94 Avenue A

New York 10009

ALL AGES welcome. Minimum 1 food/drink purchase + tip jar.

For this occasion, Ida will perform all her new songs, so don't miss this show and this amazing danish singer-songwriter.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan has ended his French & UK tour and will be now performing in the US for his Winter Tour. To see this amazing folk/soul artist performing, check out the dates and venues bellow :

• Perry O'Parson

Perry O'Parson has released a new 10-tracks album called "Bad Harvest". This album is available on bandcamp. Perry performed his song "So Cold The Night" from this album at the Weingartner Musiktage.

If you live in Germany, here's some places where you can go to see Perry performing :

- 15.12.2012 - Mainz // Pengland
- 16.12.2012 - Heidelberg // Villa Nachttanz
- 17.12.2012 - Tübingen // Tübinger Sofa (Rothenburg)
- 18.12.2012 - Stuttgart // Sideways
- 19.12.2012 - Kirchheim // Wunderbar
- 20.12.2012 - Freiburg // Erika Bar
- 21.12.2012 - Basel (CH) // Cafe Hammer
- 22.12.2012 - Koblenz // Forum Mittelrhein

Artists news n°2 : Andrew Ripp, I Am Lightyear, Jc Villafan, Mads Björn, Maria Zouroudis

• Andrew Ripp

Andrew Ripp has released a christmas EP called "Light Of Mine". This EP is available on itunes. You can already watch the official video of the first song from this EP "Spark".

• I Am Lightyear

I Am Lightyear has a new official video for her song "Lose Myself". This music video was created by Habib Yazdi for I Am Lightyear, who recorded her song "Lose Myself" at the Converse Rubber Tracks studio.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan performed his song "Sweet Time" for Ont'sofa for their Gibson Guitar Sessions during his UK tour. 

• Mads Björn

Mads Björn has a new EP "E.K.I.A" which will be out December 3th. Two songs from this EP has been posted on his youtube channel. Check them out below :

Mads Björn - "There Comes A Time"

Mads Björn - "Higgs"

• Maria Zouroudis

Maria Zouroudis also have a new song called "It Takes Two". This song is available on itunes.

Jc Villafan @ (L'A)Kroche in Lyon with Sarah Swagger and Laura Esther

On Sunday I went to see Jc Villafan performing at (L'A)kroche in Lyon. As Promise, I took some pictures and videos of this show.

• Sarah Swagger

Sarah Swagger is a singer-songwriter based in Lyon, France. She did the first part of Jc Villafan's show last sunday at (L'A)kroche. I didn't really know her before, I've just listened to few covers she posted on youtube. 

Listening to her live was a nice and real discovery. She has a nice tone of voice and writes great pop songs.  Sarah did a great performance. She sang some of her originals songs, whom "A Million Lights" that you can listen on the video bellow. She is actually working on her debut EP which should be out at the end of the year. Keep an eye on this girl, she gonna do great things.

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/sarahswaggermusic

Twitter : https://twitter.com/sswaggermusic

Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahswaggermusic

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan started to say hi and present himself to each person of the audience before to begin the show, which was awesome. He is a really cool, nice and approachable guy.

From the first notes, he immediatly bewitched the audience by his gorgeous voice full of soul and sincerity, and his amazing guitar player's skills.

Jc sang some songs from his new EP "Sweet Time" which is available on itunes, spotify and amazon. He also did an amazing cover of the songs "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Valerie".

Jc asked Laura Esther to join him on stage to sing 2 songs : original song "Mysterious Boy" and a cover of "Killing Me Softly With His Song".

Unfortunatly I couldn't film these song, but here's an acoustic video of Laura singing "Mysterious Boy". This song is the first one that Laura has posted on youtube. She has an incredible voice. I believe that she hasn't finished to surprize us.

Twitter : https://twitter.com/Laura__Esther

Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/lolotteill6

I would just have a word to describe Jc Villafan's performance : amazing !!! I hope I'll have the possibilty to see him performing once again. 

For those of you who live in Paris, in the UK or in the USA, here's the dates :

I would also like to say a huge thank you to Charlotte Gomes who has organized this tour in France and in the UK and made me know these amazing artists. If you are an artist and you are looking for someone to help you to promote your music, check her out!

News about Anna Johnson, In My Coma, Jc Villafan & Yaryn Choi

• Anna Johnson

Anna Johnson has released her first holiday album called "Christmastime" which will be available on November 13th on itunes and on Anna's website. The album features 2 entirely original songs, 1 remake of a more obscure hymn called "I Wonder As I Wander", 5 Anna Johnson Band arrangements of familiar holiday favorites, a party track, and a funny little bonus at the end. Every copy sold through her website will be personalized and hand-signed upon order!

This promo video will definitely convince you to buy this album. The songs are beautiful and give a foretaste of the holiday season.

• In My Coma

The band In My Coma has released an official video for their song "Dreamers". You can find this song in their debut album "Magnets & Miracles" which is available on itunes.

• Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan's debut EP "Sweet Time" is now available on itunes. Also his european tour gonna start on wednesday. Check out the previous posts about Jc Villafan to find each tour dates. I'll see him performing next week, so I'll try to bring you pictures and maybe videos as well.

• Yaryn Choi

Do you remember this young girl who did a great cover of the song "Stay" by Sara Bareilles ? Yaryn has recorded her first orginal song called "Fight".

This great song foretells other great news songs to discover soon I hope.

Jc Villafan - UK Tour Dates

Some days ago, I told you Jc Villafan will be on tour in the UK. So we now know when. If you live near London, Liverpool or Manchester, check the dates below :

• 19th NOVEMBER : THE HALF MOON - LONDON

          8pm - http://www.halfmoon.co.uk/

•  20th NOVEMBER : THE BEDFORD - LONDON

           8pm - http://www.thebedford.co.uk/

• 21st NOVEMBER : THE REGAL ROOM, LONDON

          8pm - http://www.myspace.com/theregalroom

• 22nd NOVEMBER : PORTOBELLO ACOUSTIC SESSIONS, LONDON

          8pm - http://www.facebook.com/acousticsessions

• 23rd NOVEMBER : THE BRINKS, LIVERPOOL

          8pm - http://thebrinkliverpool.com/

• 25th NOVEMBER : PARR ST; STUDIO - LIVERPOOL

          Soul4Soul - http://soul-4-soul.blogspot.fr/

• 27th NOVEMBER : THE THIRSTY SCHOLAR, MANCHESTER

          8pm - http://www.thirstyscholar.co.uk/

• 29th NOVEMBER : THE B-LOUNGE, MANCHESTER

          8pm - http://www.facebook.com/PiccadillyBLounge

Jc Villafan on tour in France + an upcoming EP

Jc Villafan, the soul/folk singer from California, will be on tour in France from the 7th to the 26th of November.  Each show is free. So if you live near from Lyon or Paris, you should go to see him performing. I'll be there in Lyon the 11th ! Here's the dates :

Some dates are also expected in UK so stay tune and check out his facebook page.

Moreover, Jc Villafan has prepared his first EP "Sweet Time" which should be out in the middle of october. He made a video where he talks about this new EP :

Jc Villafan - "Sweet Time" official video and more

Jc Villafan has released on official video for his song "Sweet Time". You can find this song on his Mixtape Volume II.

Moreover Jc Villafan has some shows in California, so if you live there go te see him performing ! And for his french fans, there will be a ustream live August 12th at 8 pm (french hour).

Young's Got Talent : Jc Villafan

Jc Villafan is a young singer-songwriter from Torrance, California. His music is a mix of soul, jazz, and modern indie folk. I get to know this artist thanks to Charlotte Gomes from Your Music Refill.

Jc Villafan has started his solo career in 2011 after perfoming in a band for few years. At only twenty years old, he has already released 2 mix tapes and a live EP which are available on bandcamp.

He is often compared to Justin Nozuka or Bruno Mars, so amateur of this kind of music shouldn't be disappointed !

Jc Villafan is actually working on his debut EP which should be out this year. If you like his music and want to help him to release this EP, you can help him by pledging for his project on plegemusic here : http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jcvillafan

Website : http://jcvillafan.bandcamp.com
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/jcvillafan
Twitter : https://twitter.com/jcvillafan
Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/JcVillafan